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Social media platforms now required to take down deepfake and revenge porn: ‘Big Tech can no longer look the other way’

Nypost · · 584 words · By Ben Cost
Legislative Accountability Digital Privacy and Consent Big Tech Regulation
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15 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The Take It Down Act went into full effect on Tuesday”
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Multiple web search results confirm the Take It Down Act was signed into law on Monday, May 19, 2025, and that enforcement began on May 19. While the claim says 'Tuesday', the evidence shows the signing and enforcement start date was May 19, 2025 (a Monday). However, the general timeline of the law going into effect in May 2025 is corroborated across multiple sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amy Jean Klobuchar ( KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Wayne Burlison (born October 2, 1976) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the representativ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Burlison
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, or TAKE IT DOWN Act, is a United States law aimed for dealing with non-consensual intimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAKE_IT_DOWN_Act
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“social media platforms are now required to remove revenge porn and other non-consensual explicit images within two days — or face a hefty fine”
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Multiple independent sources confirm that the Act requires platforms to remove reported non-consensual intimate imagery within 48 hours or face penalties.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Survivor 48 is the forty-eighth season of the American competitive reality television series Survivor. It premiered on February 26, 2025, on CBS in the United States, and was the sixteenth consecutive…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_48
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, or TAKE IT DOWN Act, is a United States law aimed for dealing with non-consensual intimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAKE_IT_DOWN_Act
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Take You Down" is a song by American singer-songwriter SZA. It was released on February 9, 2025, as part of the extended version of Lana (2025), the reissue of her second studio album, SOS (2022). Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_You_Down_(SZA_song)
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“Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who penned the bill in collaboration with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)”
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Three independent web sources explicitly state that the TAKE IT DOWN Act was introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Ted Cruz (R-TX).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Presidential elections are scheduled to be held in the United States on November 7, 2028, to elect the president and vice president for a term of four years. In the 2024 elections, then-former preside…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amy Jean Klobuchar ( KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Senate consists of 100 members, two from each of the 50 states. This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. As of March 2026, there are 53 Republican…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_…
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“Originally signed into law last May by President Donald Trump”
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Multiple sources, including AP and Politico, confirm President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law on May 19, 2025.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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“the sweeping measure criminalized sharing both real and AI-generated deepfake porn or other sexually explicit material online without the person’s consent”
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Multiple sources confirm the law criminalizes the non-consensual sharing of both real and AI-generated deepfake sexually explicit material.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amy Jean Klobuchar ( KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Wayne Burlison (born October 2, 1976) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district since 2023. He previously served as the representativ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Burlison
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act, or TAKE IT DOWN Act, is a United States law aimed for dealing with non-consensual intimate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAKE_IT_DOWN_Act
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“failing to comply can result in said sites having to pay up to $53,088 per violation”
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Two independent web search results specifically cite the civil penalty amount of $53,088 per violation for non-compliance.
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web search NEUTRAL — TAKE IT DOWN is enforced by the FTC, and a lack of compliance could result in civil penalties of $53,088 per violation. Why it matters: The research is important due to the rapid rise of AI-generated …
https://news.umich.edu/legal-pressure-key-to-removing-non-co…
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web search NEUTRAL — But the act gave online platforms one year to create a process for removing such imagery within 48 hours of notification from users. If online platforms fail to do so, they could face civil penalties …
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/19/tech/remove-revenge-porn-lega…
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web search NEUTRAL — Days Away: The TAKE IT DOWN Act Creates a Censorship Mechanism With No Safeguards. The law Congress unanimously passed to fight revenge porn also handed anyone with an internet connection and a grudge…
https://reclaimthenet.org/ftc-take-it-down-act-days-away
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“This bipartisan provision is enforced by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)”
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Multiple sources, including the FTC's own announcements, confirm that the Federal Trade Commission is the agency enforcing the Act.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Federal Trade Commission today began enforcing the TAKE IT DOWN Act (TIDA), a law requiring platforms, at the request of victims, to remove intimate photos or videos shared online without victi.Th…
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/…
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web search NEUTRAL — That’s why Congress passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act—and why the FTC is holding platforms accountable under the law.Report the perpetrator to local criminal law enforcement, as well as the Federal Bureau o…
https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2026/05/what-will-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is set to begin enforcing a key provision of the Take It Down Act on May 19, requiring websites and online services to remove nonconsensual deepfake media within 48 …
https://www.scworld.com/brief/ftc-begins-enforcing-take-it-d…
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“the FTC... had sent letters to a dozen tech firms ahead of the deadline. They included Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, X, Reddit, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft”
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While evidence confirms the FTC is enforcing the law, there is no specific evidence in the provided search results listing the exact companies (Meta, Snapchat, etc.) that received notification letters.
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web search NEUTRAL — The FTC is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington, D.C. The FTC was established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act, which the U.S. Congress passed in response to…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission
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web search NEUTRAL — The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) works to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices. They also provide information to help consumers spot, stop, and avoid scams and fraud.
https://www.usa.gov/agencies/federal-trade-commission
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web search NEUTRAL — The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's consumer protection agency, collects reports about companies, business practices, and identity theft under the FTC Act, the Identity Theft Assumption and Det…
https://www.identitytheft.gov/steps
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“Individuals were already subject to the Take It Down provision, which stipulates that violators can be hit with fines and up to a two-year prison sentence”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific prison sentences or fines for individuals violating the provision.
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“In 2024, X temporarily banned searches for Taylor Swift after X-rated deepfake images of the pop star proliferated on the platform and other sites”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding X temporarily banning searches for Taylor Swift in 2024 due to deepfakes.
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“the Take It Down act was inspired by a case in which a teen used AI to generate sexually-explicit photos of a Texas high schooler, before disseminating the X-rated images on Snapchat”
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“Snapchat pledged its compliance with the act in a blog post last year”
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“Meta’s head of women’s safety, Cindy Southworth, said the firm... [has] already been compliant for several months”
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“According to the FTC, online platforms must offer clear instructions to “make it easy for people to submit a removal request””
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“Social media sites that neglect to remove the intimate imagery — or make it difficult to report — can be reported via TakeItDown.ftc.gov”
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